July 26, 2017 Minnesota counties appeal to Zinke to cancel job-killing mineral withdrawal proposal The application for withdrawal is the first step in a process that could ban mining projects in these national forest lands, and potentially wreak…
July 24, 2017 Fixing dysfunctional Endangered Species Act with a new breed of legislation The House of Representatives is now reviewing five new bills aimed at reworking unworkable and unreasonable provisions in the 1973 Endangered Species Acts, which…
July 22, 2017 Good forestry reduces greenhouse gasses because healthy trees store more CO2 The forestry “double-hitter” is that trees harvested to be crafted into locally produced furniture are replaced with more trees. They grow quickly in renewed…
July 19, 2017 Seven points that prove North Fork drilling report is anti-fracking propaganda Just a superficial review of the report’s sourcing gives one sufficient insight into its nature and intent to see that it suffers from a…
July 18, 2017 Rebuttal to Western Colorado activist group’s anti-natural gas ‘report’ Editors note: An environmental activist group calling itself ‘Citizens for a Healthy Community’ is attempting to stall, or halt altogether, plans for natural gas…
July 11, 2017 ESA activists dispute science showing healthy numbers of black-backed woodpecker A master’s thesis presented in May by Elizabeth Matseur of the University of Columbia-Missouri estimated a population of 2,920 black-backed woodpeckers in the Black Hills in…
July 2, 2017 Too little too late? Congress advances legislation to curb wildfire proliferation Our forest health crisis can no longer be neglected,” said chairman Rob Bishop, Utah Republican. “Active management is needed to reduce the risk of…
June 30, 2017 Enviro lawsuits cost taxpayers billions illustrating need for Equal Access to Justice reform “Equal Access to Justice Act is a taxpayer funded meal ticket for environmental groups to collect attorney’s fees at enhanced rates…It’s an incentive to…
June 27, 2017 Catastrophic wildfires bring urgency to Resilient Federal Forests Act Such destructive and ever-larger wildfires are a perennial event, and each year various agencies must brace–under tight budgets and limited resources–for long, busy months…
June 23, 2017 Robust recovery finally gets grizzlies delisted, but ESA still needs major reforms Within the ESA, extensive (unconstitutional) powers are given to the federal government to limit activities on state and private lands. For this reason, various…
